The Fan’s Guide to the Altean Language
UPDATED FOR SEASON 4 - First update for season 4
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With the increase of alien characters in season 3, we are getting away from this being purely the Altean language. Unfortunately, there’s no real way of knowing what is and isn’t considered “altean”, so I’m just going to continue to use “Altean Language” as the tag.
Units of time (Confirmed with Official Guidebook!)
Tick = a tad longer than a second
@saiikavon has pointed out that in S2E8, the Blades of Marmora base would be closed for 2 quintants. When they mention that 10 Vargas have passed, Lance correctly estimates another 30 Vargas until the base is open again. From this it can be assumed that 2 Quintants = 40 Vargas or 1 Quintant = 20 Vargas.
Planets/regions and Inhabitants
Olkarion, home of the Olkari (Voltron Coalition HQ)
Arus, home of the Arusians
Taujeer, home of the Taujeerians
Daibazaal, home of the Galra (destroyed)
Altea, home of the Alteans (destroyed)
Puig, home of the Puigian
Unnamed planet, home of the cubserions
Valurian Quadrant, home of the Tando people
Kythra, has desert tribes
Ulippa system, contains ice worms
Thayserix (planet), unknown if inhabited
Signa 3 quadrant - overrun by rebels
Reiphod (Planet) - recently liberated by rebels
Kraydah’s Moon - Rebel base
Unknown planet (destroyed) - Rebel memorial site
Unknown asteroid - Matt’s communication outpost
Naxzela (Planet) - Formerly a decommissioned Altean Terra-forming planet. Major Galra base. Part of the Rebulon Zone.
Vantax-5 -Galra satellite relay orbiting it
Teq (planet) - Galra controlled. Had Zaiforge cannon nearby
Senfama (planet) - Jungle planet. Galra controlled. Had Zaiforge cannon
Nah-veer-5 (unstable star)
Zones Rebulon 4-69 (Naxzela is in one of these zones)
Stick out like a choferiaks nose
blown straight to Wozblay
faster than an angry klanmüirl
Jump like a spritely clovenheifer
linked at the ears like a pack of yalmor
crack a squizzle on the balmera (I.E. break a leg)
puffed up like a Trufalian meringue
hold your gazurgas (I.E. hold your horses)
and I’m the phloban of Gargalaz (I.E. I’m the king of France)
what, in the name of King Groggery the infirm, is going on?
a day late and a fertonium short
hello bii-bohs and boh-biis
Nunvill - a purple beverage that purportedly tastes like hotdog water and feet. Other commentary includes “the nectar of the gods”, “makes a wonderful hair tonic”, and “settles the stomach and brightens your smile”
Quiznak - a swear word, similar in use to Fuck, crap, or hell (ie: “Oh quiznak” or “What the quiznak”)
Quintessence - a type of energy. Context from the world indicates that it is likely some form of Life/spirit energy [EDIT] It’s a real word! According to dictionary.com : noun1.the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.2.the most perfect embodiment of something.3.(in ancient and medieval philosophy) the fifth essence or element,ether, supposed to be the constituent matter of the heavenly bodies,the others being air, fire, earth, and water. Thanks @nickelpenn for the info!
Weblum - a giant space worm that eats dead planets, repurposing the material into “the building blocks of new solar systems”. They produce the scaultrite mineral, used for Altean Teludav lenses.
Sloven-de-hoe - literally the altean word for “gone”
Duflax - an altean creature with a beak and webbed feet.
Xznly Squiwl - an altean creature with a white body and 4 limbs
bogwaggle cape - a type of cape that Coran claims he trained to sing his theme song when he walked in a room
Hoktril - a device from the alternate reality that is embedded in the back of the subjects head, eliminating their “will”. Basically turns them into mind controlled puppets
Skort pantaloons - a breathable trouser worn by the Tando people. Worn by the aliens who rescued Matt.
Klygarg - a computer used to record logs. Used by Vakala and his partner
Guns of Gamara - a resistance group in the alternate reality.
Zaipirium siege - an event in Galra history. The underwater Galra base from this period is implied to be very old
Fluuto beans - “…No more beans for Hunk” - Lance
Conscious-neezy mind enhancers - pills containing parasitic worms (never bargain with shady Unilu running illegal enhancement shops out of their wheelchairs)
Swathian Meerakeet - giant lizard-armadillo that is attracted to lights.
Zaiforge cannons - very powerful galra cannons. Commandeered by the rebels and Blades of Marmora
Sincline ships - Lotor’s trans-reality ships. A nod to Lotor’s origional GoLion name
The paladins left earth on a monday (S1E2)
Cryopod, cryo replenishers, and sleep pods have all been used to describe the same unit
The black lion is largest, the yellow/blue lions next largest, and the red/green ones the smallest. So Lance and Hunks lions would be described as about the same size
The swords the blades of Mamora use are made of Luxite, which is rare
Coran accompanied his Grandfather while the castle of lions was being built, potentially putting his age in the 600s (not counting the 10k year cryo-sleep)
He/him pronouns are used for Pidge until S1E6, and She/her pronouns from S1E6 onwards
Coran’s full name is Coran Hieronymus Wimbleton Smythe
Haggar’s altean name is Honerva. Her official title is High Priestess
On Altea, the color pink is used to honor fallen warriors
The mice are Platt (largest), Chulatt (blue fur/eyes), Plachu (Blue fur, red eyes), and Chuchule (pink fur)
The Holt family dog was originally named Gunther, later changed to Bae Bae (in honor of the studio’s late pet)
The dates on Matt’s tombstone are 0010-05-25 to 0014-04-28. This format may be the correct date format, as Pidge didn’t realize anything was off until she realized Matt’s b-day was wrong
The coordinates for Matt’s base are 19.82.05.11
Alteans don’t get brain freeze
Shiro - Febuary 29th (leap day)
Allura - Unknown as of 10/20/17
Coran - Unknown as of 10/20/17
Black - Zarkon of Daibazaal
Yellow - Gyrga from Rygnirath
Green - Trigel of the Dalterion Belt
Blue - Blaytz from Nalquod
Zethrid - big, with the fluffy ears
Narti - the blind lizard woman
Ezor - the bubbly, giggly one
Acxa - Weblum galra (spelling confirmed on official voltron page)
Kova - the space cat, assuming the one with Narti is the same as the one Haggar used to have
Ozar - The blue guy who talks with Pidge
Te-osh (deceased) - rescued Matt
Galra squadrons (all hunting Lotor btw)
Fighter squadrons Djalg 14 & 15
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